The title of her piece “An Open Letter to my High School Friends” pretty much says it all. The biggest gift VagMo and YKB have given her is the power to use her voice and speak her truth. Ina says: “ I started my college career becoming disillu

Episode 11: "Yo No Quiero Joder" - Moffat

Apr 25th, 2020 15m 11s

Moffat's piece titled “Yo No Quiero Joder” highlights her coming to terms with her sexuality. She takes listeners on her emotional voyage where she grapples with how familial and societal perceptions of sexuality influenced her own perceptions

Episode 10: "Hairytale" - Noelle Monge

Apr 24th, 2020 10m 31s

Noelle's monologue “Hairytale” is a storybook tale about a mixed woman of color and her journey of self-discovery through her natural hair.https://womenslunchplace.org/donate

Episode 9: "For Me" - Sarah Cristine Burrola

Apr 24th, 2020 19m 15s

In her second year of YKB and final year in Vagmo, Sarah Cristine decided to unearth and revamp a poem she had written freshman year about her experience as one of the few women of color in her all-white girl's high school academy. Her monologu

Episode 8: "Symptoms" - Dr. Mystery

Apr 23rd, 2020 15m 9s

Dr. Mystery's piece, titled "Symptoms," is about the way colorism has hurt their self-confidence as a darker-skinned South Asian person. They explain “I know a lot of times people make throwaway comments about someone else's body and don't thin

Episode 7: "A Clarification" - Chichi Amaefuna

Apr 23rd, 2020 9m 14s

Chichi’s monologue “A Clarification” is about her experience growing into her blackness and her journey towards self-acceptance and loving her black skin. It also deals with her frustrations in being a black woman in a culture that commodifies

Episode 6: "Chicken Sandwich" - Maria Jiménez Moya

Apr 22nd, 2020 11m 53s

Maria's piece “Chicken Sandwich” is about the different experiences she’s had with exotification and fetishes as a Latinx woman. In her monologue, Maria talks about how racism is implemented through exotification. Maria explains “This is a type

Episode 5: "The Wall" - Amy Bocos

Apr 22nd, 2020 8m 29s

Amy's piece "The Wall" is about how Latin culture objectifies women from a young age, making them prone to thoughts about constantly trying to satisfy a man.https://womenslunchplace.org/donate

Episode 4: "American Dream Child" - Maria Ordoñez

Apr 21st, 2020 14m 31s

Maria's poem, "American Dream Child," is about her experience navigating a world of privileged white people as a young Latina immigrant. At its core, though, the poem is a love letter to her parents, who she moved to the US with when she was th

Episode 3: "White Bread" - Gladys Vargas

Apr 21st, 2020 14m 21s

Gladys’ piece “White Bread” is about her coming to terms with her experience from last semester when she dated for the first time. She chose to revolve her piece around the last text that she sent the person, when she finally allowed herself to

Episode 2: “To Love for the First Time” - Jailyn Duong

Apr 20th, 2020 14m 7s

“To Love for the First Time” is about falling in love for the first time and learning how to accept and welcome love. But specifically, it's about the way her Asian background combined with the images of love she has seen on screen growing up

Episode 1: "I Speak In Apology" - Naveen Inim

Apr 20th, 2020 14m 42s

“I Speak in Apology” is the last word on a failed relationship that helped Naveen start to face a lot of trauma she’s pushed off since childhood. Her monologue seeks not to paint her as the innocent victim, but finally take a stand on actions s

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Director's Note

Apr 18th, 2020 3m 13s

Hello, I am Christina Bissereth and I am Bruna D’Amore Giampietro. Welcome to our Director’s Note for Yoni Ki Baat!In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students at Boston University had their 2020 Spring semester cut short. Consequently mea

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